Fragments of Noir

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Dark Femmes #27

Linda James - 99 River Street

Julie - Dirty Hands

Irena Dubrovna Reed - Cat People

Lynn Bracken - LA Confidential

Gilda - Gilda

Suzanne Brown - Red Rock West

Gloria Decrey - Le Dos au Mur

Mona Demarkov - Romeo is Bleeding

Lena Brandt - The Good German

Helen Nosseross - Night and the City

Violet - Bound

Sally Connor - They Made Me a Fugitive

Celandine - The Disappearance (1977)

Paulette Girard - Johnny Angel

Diane Blane - Tattered Dress

Pandora Reynolds - Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Irene Hayes - The Racket

Bridget Gregory - Last Seduction

Mrs Frankie Neall - Narrow Margin

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Do you know that there comes a midnight hour where everyone has to throw off their mask ? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked ? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this ?

Soren Kierkegaard

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Walter Popp

Dice Throws

The Third Man is in fact a brilliant succession of dice throws, a borderline counterintuitive combination of disparate elements that somehow come together as if they had been destined to do so. It is a singular object, a fluke, a well-oiled machine, a time capsule item, a novelty hit. There has never been another movie quite like it.

Luc Sante
The Criterion Collection

Monday, 23 March 2026

How Much You Pay

No matter how much you pay for your ticket, no matter how many brass rings you snatch, it's only a matter of time before our place is taken by the next customer emerging from some womb to start the ride.

The Wounded and the Slain

David Goodis

1955